Saints Win Big Over Colby at Home

LIBERAL, Kan. – Seward men's basketball earned its first conference win of the season taking down the Colby Trojans 73-56 at The Greenhouse on Saturday afternoon.

Seward (6-1, 1-1 KJCCC) held Colby (2-6, 0-2) to just 33% shooting in the game which is the lowest a Seward opponent has shot this season.

Antonio Williams Jr. led Seward in scoring for a third straight game finishing with 18 points off the bench. RJ McKinnie totaled 14 points and a game-high six assists while Lucas N'Gombo had 13 points and eight rebounds. Lyna Brooks Jr. had eight points and seven rebounds.

Both teams turned the ball over 20-plus times with Seward having 23 and Colby 24 turnovers. Colby was 10-26 from three and Seward shot 5-19 from distance. The Saints knocked in 28-35 (80%) of their free throws and Colby was 16-22 (72.7%).

Colby was led by Braedyn Gillespie's 13 points, Kellan Simoneau chipped in 12.

The Trojans jumped out to an 8-0 lead at the 15:54 mark, their largest lead of the game, and Seward did not score until five minutes in when N'Gombo made a free throw to make it 8-1. The Saints fought back to tie the game 8-8 following a pair of Brooks Jr. free throws with 11:32 to play and took their first lead off two McKinnie free throws to make it 10-8 two minutes later. The teams traded leads down the stretch of the half but an 8-0 Saint run that saw back-to-back N'Gombo layups and a Williams Jr. three put Seward ahead 22-16 with 1:19 remaining. The Saints led 24-19 heading to halftime.

Seward outscored Colby 49-37 in the second half. McKinnie totaled 12 points and five assists playing 16 of his 26 minutes in the second half.

Colby never led in the second half. A 12-0 run that began at the 14:09 mark gave Seward a 42-26 lead. They snagged their largest lead of the game at the 8:49 mark going ahead by 19 when Williams Jr. connected on a three to make it 47-28. The Saints led by double digits for the final 11:33 of the game.

The 28 made free throws were a season-high for Seward.

The Saints host nationally ranked Coffeyville on Tuesday at 8 p.m. Pepsi is the game sponsor and tickets are available at Hutch's on North Kansas, Toot'N Totum on N. Western, the SCCC Bookstore and the SCCC Hobble Building. Brock Kappelmann will have the call on 1270 AM and 92.3 FM. Internet link is player.live365.com/TalkRadio1270KSCBAM.